UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
Leap Beyond Global
APU is a university overflowing with love. I am always moved when I see students transcending national, regional, and language barriers to help each other and learn on equal footing. Life at APU is full of encounters and discoveries that you cannot find at any other university. The campus culture is one of mutual respect and empathy.
The university is located in the mountains surrounding a small city called Beppu in Oita Prefecture, but it is connected to the world. In this environment of diversity and inclusion, which is unique to APU, I hope that students will grow into "people who can change the world" and solve social issues.
From 2024, APU will pursue a hereto unprecedented style of university education under the slogan "Leap Beyond Global". We would like to build a new version of APU together with all of you reading this now. It is my deepest hope that you will become members of the APU community who are capable of leading us towards a better society.
YONEYAMA Hiroshi
President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
| 1983 | Graduated from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, the University of Tokyo |
| 1988 | Master of Arts in History, Graduate School of History and Anthropology, University of Tsukuba |
| 1991 | Department of American History, Graduate School of History, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1993 | Full-time lecturer, Department of European and American Studies, Toyo Women's College |
| 1996 | Assistant Professor, Department of European and American Studies, Toyo Women's College |
| 1998 | Assistant Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University |
| 2003 | Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University |
| April 2020 | Appointed Vice President of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and Professor at Ritsumeikan APU |
| January 2024 | Appointed President of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |